BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell set a new program record for points and three-point field goals made in a game as the Camels opened the season with a 122-56 win over St. Andrews inside Gore Arena Tuesday night.
Campbell's (1-0) 66 point margin of victory marked the third-largest at home in program history and the largest ever on opening night. The Camels' largest ever home scoring margin came on December 18, 1983.
Kianna Speight and
Taya Bolden both poured in a game-high 18 points while
Shy Tuelle and
Brittany Staves added 15.
Faith Price rounded out the five Campbell double-digit scorers with 12.
Samantha Ring scored 15 points over 25 minutes and Dominique Cooke added 10 in 19 minutes of action for the Knights (1-1).
Campbell was able to bucket 58 points off 34 St. Andrews turnovers on the night to pair with 70 points off the bench.
St. Andrew's scored the game-opening bucket but Campbell then scored 13 straight as a part of an eventual 33-8 run over the opening half.
The Camels were able to hold their opponent without a field goal over the final 4:07 to help surpass the previous school record of 116 points in a game which was also set against Davidson in 1983.
Junior guard
Julia Crocker pushed the Camels past the previous program record and completed the line of Campbell players to record a bucket by nailing a corner three with 3:24 remaining on the ticker.
Speight, a graduate transfer from Davidson, and Price a rookie from Jamestown, N.C. both buried three triples on the night in part of Campbell's 19 made three pointers on the night.
Bolden was able to hit double digits on 9-of-12 shooting to pair with eight boards while freshman
Brittany Staves went 4-of-6 from the field as well as 4-of-5 from the stripe.
Campbell begins a three-game road trip starting with a trip to Old Dominion on Friday at 6:30 p.m.